by Cathy Proctor Denver Business Journal - Thursday, May 1, 2008 "Although old and small, the power plant plays a powerful role in Colorado's water wars, where old water rights have priority to pull water from the state's rivers....
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/04/28/daily37.html
Bill headed for approval; New developments to be scrutinized - April 30, 2008 | (Durango) Herald Denver Bureau
DENVER - A weakened version of a bill that ties population growth to water supplies appears headed for passage....
http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080429/UPDATES01/80429032
... Written comments will be taken on the document for the next 90 days. Comments also will be taken during public hearings scheduled for 6 pm. June 17 at the Fort Collins Senior Center and June 19 at the University of Northern Colorado University Center in Greeley.
The Reporter-Herald - 4/30/2008
Northern Colorado will face harmful effects caused by growth in the coming 50 years with or without a new reservoir northwest of Fort Collins, a federal report issued late Tuesday states.
By Charlie MeyersDenver Post Outdoors Editor - 04/29/2008 11:14:50 PM MDT
Article Last Updated: 04/22/2008 11:25:18 PM MDT
"We increasingly find mainstream environmentalists joining wildlife action organizations such as Trout Unlimited and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation in rushing to the aid of local action groups when the inevitable brush fires explode." [thank you, Charlie! tk]
By Katie LoobySky-Hi Daily News April 22, 2008
Gov. Bill Ritter signed HB 1280 into law Monday.
The legislation, dubbed the “Protect Lease Instream Flow Water Right Bill” among supporters, allows water rights owners to leave their water in a stream or river without the risk of losing it, said Kirk Klancke, Winter Park Ranch Water & Sanitation District manager.
http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20080422/NEWS/441584195
The times they are a-changing. How rapidly the process occurs in Colorado depends in large part upon the initiative that could go far toward uniting the diverse elements keen on protecting our eroding wildlife resources.
Activists anxious over various issues vital to the state's fish and game have proposed a Wildlife Conservation Summit, perhaps in early autumn when all the Democratic dust has washed out of Denver.
By Joe Hanel | Herald Denver Bureau "The stream that I knew in my youth is not the stream I'm introducing my grandson to," said Kirk Klancke, manager of the Winter Park Ranch Water and Sanitation District. "We now have the ability to put water rights in the river, which is something I thought I'd never see - more water in the river."
Gov. Bill Ritter on Monday signed into law a significant revision to Colorado's water law to allow water-rights holders to leave some of their water in the river without penalty.
